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Post by FurryP on Oct 17, 2015 16:40:16 GMT
This post from Rosiekat on the wedding thread jogged my memory: Oct 17, 2015 9:03:02 GMT -7 RosieKat said:
I think the grocery store sounds like a perfect place to "do your business" and shop for your wedding gift!  At our wedding my DH and I received a FITTED sheet. That is it, no sheet set, just a new fitted sheet. It did not have a card attached so we don't even know who it was from. It was ugly, did not fit our bed, and I am so certain it came from my DH's side of the family. So what was the strangest/weirdest gift you received for your wedding (or any other event)? |
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Post by leeny on Oct 17, 2015 16:42:55 GMT
We received an electric pizza maker - this was 36 years ago. Never used it.
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Post by AnotherPea on Oct 17, 2015 17:14:43 GMT
This post from Rosiekat on the wedding thread jogged my memory: Oct 17, 2015 9:03:02 GMT -7 RosieKat said:
I think the grocery store sounds like a perfect place to "do your business" and shop for your wedding gift! At our wedding my DH and I received a FITTED sheet. That is it, no sheet set, just a new fitted sheet. It did not have a card attached so we don't even know who it was from. It was ugly, did not fit our bed, and I am so certain it came from my DH's side of the family. So what was the strangest/weirdest gift you received for your wedding (or any other event)? Was it wrapped in wedding paper? I ask because I'm quite certain that I received an accidental present once. When. Did was on the way an acquaintance stopped me and gave me a nice big bag full of individually wrapped presents. Typical baby items. Then down at the bottom of the bag was a box of Kleenex. Unwrapped. I bet the Kleenex was bought at the same time, for her, but ended up in the bag. Maybe that happened with the sheets? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 17:19:28 GMT
We got an ugly metal plate in the shape of a pineapple....Not big enough for serving with....
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Post by ro on Oct 17, 2015 17:24:39 GMT
Not so much strange as cheap. My ex's good friend and partner had just arrived from a trip to Mexico and gave us a small cheap rug. The kind that are mass produced.
Considering that my wedding 21 years ago was costing me 75$ a plate (not counting wine and open bar) and both were doctors, I thought it was pretty cheap.
My puppy promptly chewed it up!! Thank goodness.
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Post by quiltz on Oct 17, 2015 17:51:47 GMT
There were 3 cousins getting married one summer - me, my sister and my cousin. My aunt (dad's side) to all of us gave us all weird gifts.
I received a twin flat sheet - the packaging was ripped and the sheet was a bit dirty. My sister received the matching twin fitted sheet, again packaging was terrible. Cousin received 2 pillow cases, all same pattern, all in ripped, torn packaging.
The wrapping paper was the same for all of us, wedding themed.
IT was really tempting when her son and then a few years later, their daughter got married. My parents gave a gift from the family, because mom knew that sis & I were tempted to give a horrible gift.
That sheet served as a dropcloth for painting and eventually was made into rags. |
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Post by Meri-Lyn on Oct 17, 2015 18:05:37 GMT
I don't think it falls as weird, but.... One of those wooden salad bowl sets, with the wooden serving tools and everything. Like the ones that were big in the 70's/80's, but in 1999. It wasn't anything we registered for, or went with any of our decor. We're 99.9% sure it was a re-gift, that's where the "weird" part comes in.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 18:07:56 GMT
When I was about 16 my grandmother gave me a training bra and a pair of sparkly silver thin stretchy gloves. "Wrapped" together in a plastic bag.
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Post by Bitchy Rich on Oct 17, 2015 18:10:33 GMT
It is because of these threads that every time we go to a wedding, I am inclined to purchase something very strange and wrap it up with no card. Then put money in my card, so I will be ruled out as the weirdo.
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Post by eleezybeth on Oct 17, 2015 18:13:22 GMT
We got a can of pepper from an aunt. MIL asked her about the "tradition" behind giving pepper. Turns out there is not such tradition it was "just fancy pepper and who doesn't need pepper" kind of gift. It also came with a $20 check which we did not see because it was stuck in the top of the box (why not inside the card??). DH dug through the trash to find it after we Aunt told MIL about it.
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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 17, 2015 18:19:28 GMT
I got several things that I thought were weird at the time...I was in college and we were way more interested in having fun than being grown ups. These days, the stuff I thought was weird I am happy as a clam to have. The cheese tray with the serving set, the funky art dip/chip tray, the silver serving tray, the crystal vases, the list goes on and on and I am So very happy to have each and every single thing. I do remember having to ask what some of those things were, but now? Yay for the cooper wisk. (I love that thing.) It is funny when I have to do something and pull out the just right serving thing-my friends all laugh at the esoteric contents of kitchen cabinets.  |
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Post by padresfan619 on Oct 17, 2015 18:26:35 GMT
Well it was for my birthday, not my wedding. My aunt once sent me a thanksgiving card with the word thanksgiving scratched out and birthday written over it. My birthday is in summer, nowhere near November.
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Post by FurryP on Oct 17, 2015 18:39:00 GMT
It is because of these threads that every time we go to a wedding, I am inclined to purchase something very strange and wrap it up with no card. Then put money in my card, so I will be ruled out as the weirdo. Do it! And then come back and tell us about it.  |
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Post by FurryP on Oct 17, 2015 18:42:55 GMT
Well it was for my birthday, not my wedding. My aunt once sent me a thanksgiving card with the word thanksgiving scratched out and birthday written over it. My birthday is in summer, nowhere near November. Recycling! Love it. We do that at work sometimes just for fun. One person gets a birthday card, then crosses out his/her name and puts the next one on the list. Just for laughs. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 18:45:56 GMT
We got married on Dec 21 because of school.
Some family friends on my husband's side gave use a handmade double stocking--two stockings made out of muslin sewed together. It was just weird.
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Post by luckyexwife on Oct 17, 2015 19:02:48 GMT
We got 75 pounds of dry beans, as well as a case of motor oil for our wedding! The beans were part of a running gag gift between my dad and a friend of his. The card said it was so we could eat when we were poor newlyweds. The motor oil was from a friend of my DH's. The card said for when things get dry and you need a little lube. We were scared to open it in front of everyone at the gift opening!  Both gifts were received with the humor intended, and we liked them.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 19:11:21 GMT
My mother gave me the same cheap set of "fancy" towels she got when she got married. I should have saved them for my daughter!
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Post by shanniebananie on Oct 17, 2015 19:13:15 GMT
My sister received a dirty nightgown from her new DH's crazy aunt.
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Post by ntsf on Oct 17, 2015 19:44:47 GMT
we got a sculpture that is an egg..about 1 ft high. coming out of the egg are three baby giraffes..like each half way emerged from the side of the egg shape. still have it..came from dh's sister. would not miss it if it left. the premises.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 17, 2015 19:47:38 GMT
I was given a used 1960's style housecoat type nightgown wrapped around a broken orange U shaped candle in a tarnished brass holder that was obviously all from Goodwill! Even the gift wrap it was wrapped with was recycled! Of course there was no card, but I knew it was from my sister because she was/is weird like that. (She did give us something else for a real gift too, but I don't remember what.) This is the same sister who gave my newborn a grimy Glow Worm doll that she bought at a garage sale.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Oct 17, 2015 20:08:53 GMT
Not so much strange as cheap. My ex's good friend and partner had just arrived from a trip to Mexico and gave us a small cheap rug. The kind that are mass produced. Considering that my wedding 21 years ago was costing me 75$ a plate (not counting wine and open bar) and both were doctors, I thought it was pretty cheap. My puppy promptly chewed it up!! Thank goodness. Truthfully, the fact you chose to spend $75/plate doesn't mean guests have to offset the cost with a gift. Otherwise it's not a gift but an attendance fee. I've never wanted to attend a wedding enough to pay for the privilege. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 20:15:30 GMT
My husband gave me a WOW stuffed Murloc for Christmas one year. Yeah, thanks for that dear!!  |
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Post by femalebusiness on Oct 17, 2015 21:09:25 GMT
One of those old fashioned douche bags that hangs with the long rubber hose and a GIANT jar of vaseline. It was from one of my mother's nutty friends...true story. |
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Post by freecharlie on Oct 17, 2015 21:22:04 GMT
we got a sculpture that is an egg..about 1 ft high. coming out of the egg are three baby giraffes..like each half way emerged from the side of the egg shape. still have it..came from dh's sister. would not miss it if it left. the premises. omg, I got something similar. It is in its box in the basement where it has lived for 13 years. |
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Post by freecharlie on Oct 17, 2015 21:23:02 GMT
One of those old fashioned douche bags that hangs with the long rubber hose and a GIANT jar of vaseline. It was from one of my mother's nutty friends...true story. oh my! |
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Post by freecharlie on Oct 17, 2015 21:23:36 GMT
I got a couple 12 packs of dr. Pepper, but I actually registered for them and they've erected probably the first gifts used.
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 17, 2015 21:25:10 GMT
We got a coffee carafe (neither of us drink coffee) that had a Christmas picture of some family in it that we did not know. It came from hubby's side of the family. |
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Post by femalebusiness on Oct 17, 2015 21:43:20 GMT
One of those old fashioned douche bags that hangs with the long rubber hose and a GIANT jar of vaseline. It was from one of my mother's nutty friends...true story. oh my! I have a warped sense of humor so I just considered the source and it cracked me up. I used the douche bag for years to water my indoor plants. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 21:54:47 GMT
I'm a little disappointed because we didn't get anything odd. It is because of these threads that every time we go to a wedding, I am inclined to purchase something very strange and wrap it up with no card. Then put money in my card, so I will be ruled out as the weirdo. I am so doing this now! I'm thinking a card that says, "Mark 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh" with a gift of one male sock and one female matching in some way sock. |
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